Hi everyone,
First of all, I am new here and wanted to thank everyone for this site and all the information on here.
My poor 1.5 year old kitty Missy might have the dry form of FIP and i'm in fear that we'll have to put her down. It all started about a month ago when we noticed that her eye was turning a little red. We took her to the vet and they thought it was trauma to the eye and gave us some antibiotic drops. In a couple of days of using these drops we noticed a layer of blood in the eye just covering her pupil. We took her back into the vet and they thought it not could be some sort of eye infection so they gave us some steroid drops for her eye as well. At this time she was still acting her normal lovey-self and constantly asking for belly rubs. This is where she looked to take a turn for the worse. She started acting very lethargic and mainly stayed in the basement but would still welcome loving from my wife and I. After another week we noticed her eye start to get really swollen and red. We took her back in and she had a 105 fever so the vet gave her a fluid shot to try and combat the fever as well as give us oral antibiotics. After another couple of days the fever went down a bit but she was now only staying in the basement and her eye was getting more and more swollen. WE did what the vets said and took her to an eye specialist as they said her eye was very abnormal. The specialist couldn't determine what the issue was and told us to go to the ct emergency room as she had a 104 fever again. We kept her in the ER for 24 hours when the doctor told us it could be one of two thing. 1. it could be Toxoplasmosis or 2, it could be FIP and we would have to put her down. We have her home again and her eye just keeps getting worse and worse. Now we are waiting on blood work results to tell us if she has Toxoplasmosis and if she tests negative the doctor said it can only be FIP.
I am an absolute wreck at this point as she is just the sweetest kitty and I don't want to lose my baby. I'm also very worried about our other year old cat Wubby who we adopted at the same time because i don't want to lose her too to this virus.
From your experiences does this sound like FIP?
First of all, I am new here and wanted to thank everyone for this site and all the information on here.
My poor 1.5 year old kitty Missy might have the dry form of FIP and i'm in fear that we'll have to put her down. It all started about a month ago when we noticed that her eye was turning a little red. We took her to the vet and they thought it was trauma to the eye and gave us some antibiotic drops. In a couple of days of using these drops we noticed a layer of blood in the eye just covering her pupil. We took her back into the vet and they thought it not could be some sort of eye infection so they gave us some steroid drops for her eye as well. At this time she was still acting her normal lovey-self and constantly asking for belly rubs. This is where she looked to take a turn for the worse. She started acting very lethargic and mainly stayed in the basement but would still welcome loving from my wife and I. After another week we noticed her eye start to get really swollen and red. We took her back in and she had a 105 fever so the vet gave her a fluid shot to try and combat the fever as well as give us oral antibiotics. After another couple of days the fever went down a bit but she was now only staying in the basement and her eye was getting more and more swollen. WE did what the vets said and took her to an eye specialist as they said her eye was very abnormal. The specialist couldn't determine what the issue was and told us to go to the ct emergency room as she had a 104 fever again. We kept her in the ER for 24 hours when the doctor told us it could be one of two thing. 1. it could be Toxoplasmosis or 2, it could be FIP and we would have to put her down. We have her home again and her eye just keeps getting worse and worse. Now we are waiting on blood work results to tell us if she has Toxoplasmosis and if she tests negative the doctor said it can only be FIP.
I am an absolute wreck at this point as she is just the sweetest kitty and I don't want to lose my baby. I'm also very worried about our other year old cat Wubby who we adopted at the same time because i don't want to lose her too to this virus.
From your experiences does this sound like FIP?